Don't wait for the perfect time to start making changes to your life; the time is now. — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
One time, I was going to be in L.A. for 10 days for a business conference, and I took eight different pairs… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
I am very, very conscious of time. I always wear two watches. People ask me, 'Why do you do that?' Because I… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
I say to people all the time, it is OK to fail. Some of the greatest successes in the history of America… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
Fortunately, our digital age has created some wonderful tools for finding employers and showing your strengths. But when it comes to discovering… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
If you're having a hard time recognizing your gifts, look to someone else you know who's been resourceful. You may be surprised… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
Business school professors don't take selling seriously because they don't know how to sell. It's easy to talk about business theory and… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
I've been saying to people for a long time, 'If you're not doing something you're tremendously excited about, and you're not feeling… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
Nine times out of 10, extenuating circumstances aside, I believe that people are where they are by some kind of choice on… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
Be bold enough to find the one thing that you are passionate about. It might not be what you were trained to do. But… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn't have… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
Salespeople are the most important people in any organization. Until a salesperson gets an order, nobody in the company has a job. — Chris Gardner Copy Share
I have one of those old-fashioned mothers who told me every single day, 'Son, you can do or be anything that you want to… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy. — Chris Gardner Copy Share
I've never been big on sports coats and pants. I'm a suit guy. It makes it clear who's in charge. — Chris Gardner Copy Share
Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon I saw… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
Nine times out of 10, extenuating circumstances aside, I believe that people are where they are by some kind of choice on their part.… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
(The movie) is the story of my life, but it's not about me. It's about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
I had never gone to college. I was not from a politically connected family. I had no money of my own. Who is going… — Chris Gardner Copy Share
